Picture-holder.



A. M. DAVISONL PICTURE HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 29, 1911.

1,056,636. 7 Patented Mar. 18, 1913.

COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co.,wAsH1NOToN. D. C

Ann e M. navrson, or LoYAnroN, CALIFORNIA.-

PICTURE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mame, 1913-.

Application filed July 29, 1911. Serial No. 641,262. r

To all whom it may concern:

Loyalton, in the county of Sierra and State of California, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Picture- Holders, of-

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements for holders for pictures,ornamental plates,

plied to articles of various sizes andshapes,

and which will hold the same without injuring them and will not hide nordetract from the ornamental exposed faces of such articles.

lVith the above objects in view, and. others which will appear as thenature of the description progresses, the invention resides in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the drawings, accompanying this specification, there has beenillustrated a simple and preferred embodiment of the improvement, and inwhich drawings,-

Figure 1 is a rear elevation showing my improvement in applied positionupon a picture frame. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the same inapplied position upon an ornamental plate, plaque or the like. Fig. 3 isa sectional view taken upon the line 38 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is aperspective view of the device detached. Fig. 5 is a detail perspectiveview of the ring member of the device. Fig. 6 is a similar view of theretaining cap. Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the frame and attachment.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout.

In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates an ordinary rectangularpicture frame.

The numeral 2 designates the frame holder. This holder 2 comprisesessentially a plurality of arms constructed of resilient materialpreferably two in number, and are arranged preferably at right angles toeach other. These arms, designated by the numeral 3, are each formedwith eyes 4:, and the said eyes are arranged upon each of the arms at anequal distance from the ends or engaging portions of the arms. Each ofthe said arms 3, beyond 1ts eyes 4, is coiled upon itself to provide thesprings 5, and

, the end convolution of the coil is bent as at Be it known that I,ABBIE M. DAVISON I a citizen of the United States, residing at:

6 to provide a substantially U-shaped terminal. This terminal 6 may beand is preferably formed with an ornamental finger 7, the said fingeradapted to engage with either the outer face of theframe or the sideedges thereof. The arms' 3 may be of any desired length, so that thesame may be applied-to various sizes of frames.

The numeral 8 designates a ring member which is provided with a baseflange 9. The

rlng member proper is formed with a plurality of depressions, preferablyfour in number, to correspond with the number of the arms 3 employed.These depressions 10 are arranged oppositely in pairs at right angleswith each other, and the arms 3 are each adapted to pass through thediametrically oppositely arranged depressions. The ring or sleeve isthreaded as at 11, and the said threads are adapted to coact withinterior threads provided upon a retaining cap 12. This retaining cap isadapted to be screwed home upon the threaded flange or ring, and thuseffectively binds the arms 3 in the lower Walls formed by thedepressions 10, thus providing for the attachment of thesaid arms aswell as for the sustaining of the said arms in their adjusted position.

The numeral 13 designates the hanging cord. This cord in the presentinstance is adapted to pass through the eyes provided upon thehorizontally arranged arms 3, and the eye provided upon the lowervertical arm of the holder. The hanging cord may have its upper portionformed with a bow or other ornamentation at its point of connection withthe hook or nail from which the picture is sustained.

In Fig. 2 the holder is illustrated as attached to a circular article,such as a plate, plaque, or the like and in this instance the armstherefor are arranged upon said plate at an angle with relation to eachother. In this instance the sustaining cord 14 passes through all of theeyes of the arms, and from the above description, taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, it will be noted that I have provided asimple and effective holder for pictures, plates or the like which maybe readily. and quickly adjusted to accommodate itself to various sizesof such devices. Furthermore; it will be noted that the device dispenseswit-h the insertion of nails, eyelets, or other artic1eswithi'nthe'frame of the pig-gr of the plaque for the reception of th'efsustaining cord, and it will be "also n'o'tedthat the greater the pressureor the weightof the picture upon the cord, the more tightly one or moreofthe arms of the holder will be brought to cont-act the sides or edgesof the end convolution of each of the springs be-? ing bent to providesubstantially U-shapedi terminals which are adapted to engage with; theedges of the picture frame and to be remined in camera therewith 'by'the tension of the" springs, a sustaining cord )assing through -th'eeyes and the weight of t 1e picture frame tending to expand one or moreof the springs to force the engaging ends of the arms connected to thesprings more tightly upon the picture frame, a sleeve having a pluralityof depressions receiving the central portions of the arms, and a capengaging the said sleeve and adapted to compress the arms against theinner walls by the depressions of the sleeve.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ABBIE M. DAVISON.

Witnesses G. E. ARNOLD, H. H. HUNTLEY.

'Go'fiie's of this patent 'm'ay'be obtaine'd for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents. i Washington, D. C." V

